When Johnson Brothers was founded in 1883 by Frederick and Alfred Johnson, two grandsons of the founders of the renowned English pottery, J. & G. Meakin, the goal for their Staffordshire pottery was to produce an earthenware called “White Granite,” which is marked on many early pieces as “SEMI PORCELAIN.” The Johnson Brothers, sometimes abbreviated to Johnson Bros, felt it was a great material for dinnerware because it looked and felt like Continue Reading